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his indelible words a watershed moment in the civil rights movement. today thousand also gather to commemorate the famous words that forever changed our country. >> 50 years ago there was so much fear, people were afraid to be afraid. the fear is gone. our country is better and we are a better people. we still have a distance to go. >> reporter: that distance front and center today as the nation's first black president will add his vision as the marquee speaker at the anniversary celebration. president obama acknowledges that, while a lot of progress has been made, king would not be satisfied. >> we have not made as much progress as the civil and social progress that we've made, and that it's not enough just to have a black president. >> reporter: there are renewed calls for addressing socioeconomic and racial disparities. the recent acquittal of george zimmerman and the shooting death of trayvon martin drew many to the streets across the country with protests. the president acting with candor. >> there are very few african-american in this country who
his indelible words a watershed moment in the civil rights movement. today thousand also gather to commemorate the famous words that forever changed our country. >> 50 years ago there was so much fear, people were afraid to be afraid. the fear is gone. our country is better and we are a better people. we still have a distance to go. >> reporter: that distance front and center today as the nation's first black president will add his vision as the marquee speaker at the anniversary...
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mary frann sis berry, the former commissioner of the civil rights commission, eeoc and robinson would transafrica. i was a kid during those days. they were organizing protests outside the south african embassy. my job was to help find and identify people who would get arrested, to keep the movement alive. it was a very tremendous moment and opportunity, but later i had an opportunity, working on a clinton/gore campaign and nelson mandela after visiting harlem in the 1990s, wanted to come to the inaugural of bill clinton. he had great affection and respect and admiration for bill and hillary clinton. i was an advanced person back during those days. i helped to escort him around. my good friend, yolanda, who was in that picture, it was a great moment. later i had an opportunity to go to south africa and other places to help train workers and volunteers who would conduct the first multiracial elections in south africa. he was authentic. he was a giant. you know, when you were around him, you felt very special. he was joyful. he had a sense of humor, but there was this dignity about him,
mary frann sis berry, the former commissioner of the civil rights commission, eeoc and robinson would transafrica. i was a kid during those days. they were organizing protests outside the south african embassy. my job was to help find and identify people who would get arrested, to keep the movement alive. it was a very tremendous moment and opportunity, but later i had an opportunity, working on a clinton/gore campaign and nelson mandela after visiting harlem in the 1990s, wanted to come to the...
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he says running the nation's largest civil rights organization kept him away from his family and wife for too long. he is expected to announce resignation and plaens to go into teaching. >>> if you happen to love a guy with facial hair, who doesn't lately? lots of facial hair, you should have been in new orleans, sorry, i could have given you the hook up. they hosted the national beard and moustache championships. 18 kaenls, not a raise or in sight. >> a strong beard and a strong moustache. >> a pennsylvania man won, we are told he won by a hair. b.c. here in the studio, you into ed to do a little work. >> fought big on the facial hair in the studio. >> keep it trimmed low. >> i thought you needed that on a monday. >> yeah. >> not too much facial hair on a monday. chris. >> coming up on "new day," dennis rodman back from his second visit to north creia. it seems the worm has turned on president obama, in6 it's not his job to rescue an imprisoned american missionary. that's true. wait until you hear the word he used to describe the president and hillary clinton. >>> diana nyad coming u
he says running the nation's largest civil rights organization kept him away from his family and wife for too long. he is expected to announce resignation and plaens to go into teaching. >>> if you happen to love a guy with facial hair, who doesn't lately? lots of facial hair, you should have been in new orleans, sorry, i could have given you the hook up. they hosted the national beard and moustache championships. 18 kaenls, not a raise or in sight. >> a strong beard and a strong...
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rights charges against zimmerman in the trayvon martin case. >>> let's get over to indra for another check of the forecast. >>> temperatures just about 5 to 10 degrees below normal. it will stay that way through the beginning of the weekend. what's going on on the west coast will impact the east coast for the actual weekend. let's take a look at what's going on, heavy amounts of snow, a good bit of snow. wyoming and colorado, heavy snow there, too. the question is, why? of course we're talking about rain, snow, you're going to have rain at the lower elevations as well. notice what's going on around hawaii. there's california. look at this moisture stream. all the moisture coming across the pacific. that's going to be their source for the moisture for heavy snow and rain. it's not the only thing going on. we have a couple cold fronts out there. as they make their way across, it will combine. that's what we'll see affecting the middle of the country by tomorrow. this is key. we were in washington, illinois. it was clear and cold. conditions will worsen today into tomorrow as some of th
rights charges against zimmerman in the trayvon martin case. >>> let's get over to indra for another check of the forecast. >>> temperatures just about 5 to 10 degrees below normal. it will stay that way through the beginning of the weekend. what's going on on the west coast will impact the east coast for the actual weekend. let's take a look at what's going on, heavy amounts of snow, a good bit of snow. wyoming and colorado, heavy snow there, too. the question is, why? of...
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the 94-year-old noble peace laureate and champion of civil rights has been battling a lung infection. his wife is at his bedside and crowds of well-wishers have gathered outside the hospital nging and praying for him. >> number three, the supreme court could find itself once again intervening in the fight over same-sex marriage in california. this weekend, opponents filed an emergency motion asking justices to stop the state from issuing wedding licenses to same-sex couples. their issue is with the federal appeals court, which gave the go-ahead for same-sex marriages to resume in california. well, they say the decision was handed down too soon. >> number four, joe lefeged of the indianapolis colts facing gun charges. police say he and another man fled from a washington traffic stop saturday but were caught almost immediately after a foot chase. officials say they found a .40-caliber semiautomatic pistol inside his car. >>> and at number five, thousands of protesters are packing the streets of cairo. that's right, demanding president mohamed morsi step down. today is his one-year anniv
the 94-year-old noble peace laureate and champion of civil rights has been battling a lung infection. his wife is at his bedside and crowds of well-wishers have gathered outside the hospital nging and praying for him. >> number three, the supreme court could find itself once again intervening in the fight over same-sex marriage in california. this weekend, opponents filed an emergency motion asking justices to stop the state from issuing wedding licenses to same-sex couples. their issue...
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and stubs is a gay athlete and activist and calls this the era is civil rights. >> to be there and say we are here to compete and we are as equal as everybody else, and we want to go there and compete, but you also want to go there and compete and show everybody in the world that we're on level pegging with any straight athlete, it doesn't matter to us. >> we are not hearing from the athletes and u.s. lawmakers are joining in, and one senator from oregon says he plans to introducing a bill to the floor that will oppose the russian laws as well as call for the protection of the athletes as well as spectators that go to russia for the games. we should point out that this is a resolution and won't have any real teeth in russia. cnn, los angeles >>> stick around. we will have a frank conversation with olympian, blake skeler and johnny weir. >>> after the break, two presidents with one big headache, how edward showeden is shaking up the washington and moscow relationship. >>> and we will talk about hillary clinton's latest moves. dt i'm the next american success story. working for a company
and stubs is a gay athlete and activist and calls this the era is civil rights. >> to be there and say we are here to compete and we are as equal as everybody else, and we want to go there and compete, but you also want to go there and compete and show everybody in the world that we're on level pegging with any straight athlete, it doesn't matter to us. >> we are not hearing from the athletes and u.s. lawmakers are joining in, and one senator from oregon says he plans to introducing...